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Jimmy White won the Masters in 1984Jimmy White has become the first player aged 60 or over to reach the last 16 of a ranking event since Eddie Charlton's run at the 1992 British Open.
Former Masters and UK Championship winner White hit five half-century breaks in a 5-1 win over China's Peng Yisong at the German Masters in Berlin.
The six-time World Championship runner-up will next play Jack Lisowski.
"[I'm] just really enjoying playing and I just want to compete," the 60-year-old told World Snooker Tour.
"I am fighting to stay on the tour, on the one-year list I am on, but I need to go deep in either this tournament or the Welsh or the new tournament they will put in.
"So, if I can get to Sheffield (in April for the World Championship) knowing I have secured my place it would take a lot of pressure off me."
Lisowski, who finished as runner-up at the German Masters in 2021, beat China's Zhang Anda 5-0, including a 117-break.
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